Category: India

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has designated Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. It took India almost a decade to get Masood Azhar listed as a global terrorist after it first moved a proposal to designate…

Amid increasing concerns over women’s safety across the country, the government is considering creation of a National Mission for the safety of women, with participation from stakeholder ministries and departments, who would undertake specified actions in a time-bound manner, officials…

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday night appealed the people in the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency to vote for BJP in the by-election for a safe and development-oriented government. Addressing an election rally at Virar for BJP nominee…

Stage is set for the crucial meeting of the BJP chief Ministers and deputy chief ministers from NDA-ruled states with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday wherein the effective implementation of all flagship schemes and also the issue of…

Dr. Harsha Vardhan, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India while releasing the book on Environment as Capsule mentions that while you are working as minister or secretary it is very hard to take any policy decision….

Toll plazas run by NHAI will soon have kiosks selling drinking water, tea/coffee, and packaged food for the convenience of highways users. Termed as Highway Nest (Mini), these kiosks are under construction on both up-side and down-side at all 372…

Salt is the primary source of sodium and increased consumption of sodium is associated with hypertension and increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Increasing production of more and more processed food, rapid urbanization, and changing lifestyles are transforming dietary…

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday issued its recommendations on in-flight connectivity (IFC), paving the way for flyers to avail Internet and mobile services on board aircraft. “By meeting some requirements, airlines can offer both these services….

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the dynamic façade lighting of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday evening. The dynamic façade lighting of Rashtrapati Bhavan, that has been introduced to highlight its elegance, was inaugurated by the President in the presence of Union…

Four policemen, including two Sub-Inspectors, were on Thursday suspended, over the alleged killing of an eight-year-old boy during police firing at Mohanpur village of Mathura. The action has been taken on the probe report of IG Agra range. An FIR…

Reserve Bank of India, Financial Inclusion and Development Department here will be conducting a Town Hall Meeting on Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) related issues on January 19, 2018 at Verna, around 25 km from here. According to a…

Adding an extra layer of security for Aadhaar holders by introducing face recognition in fusion with fingerprints and Iris is a move too late and dicey one, technology experts say. According to Ankush Johar, Director of security solutions firm Infosec…

Calling terrorism as “the mother of all disruptions today’’, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said terrorism was also actively utilized as an instrument of statecraft but that time has passed. She said there there was a time when…

All eyes will be on the roadshow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ‘friend’ and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Ahmedabad. According to official sources, Prime Minister Modi will “receive” the visiting dignitary and his wife Sara in Ahmedabad…

Two women died while nine others were injured when a tractor-trolley they were travelling in overturned in Kachhava area here on Tuesday. Police sources said that some devotees were going to take holy dip in river Ganga at Baraini Ghat…

Four days after senior most judges revolted against him, the Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday held a meeting with the four, justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph. During the 15 minutes…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday brought in the ‘Israeli angle’ in his speech here and paid rich tributes to Dalpat Singh Shekhawat, a martyred soldier of World War-I who fell fighting the Haifa battle in 1918. Addressing a rally…

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that he had a positive talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about solid waste and water management in Uttar Pradesh, besides developing Basti and Kannauj as horticultural hubs. ‘We had…

Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s national working president Pravin Togadia went missing. There was dramatic turn he was found unconscious in Ahmedabad’s Shahibaug area. There was protest going on in Ahmedabad and Gujarat after he went missing. Togadia went missing on Monday…

Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) left here on Monday to cross over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector, despite ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops on January 12, official…